McCarthy to Build Southwest Airlines’ New Facility

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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., a Texas builder for nearly 40 years, announced that it won the award to build Southwest Airlines’ new office and training facility on the company’s corporate campus in Dallas, Texas.

The new building called “Wings” consists of a 414,000-square-foot office building and an attached 367,000-square-foot flight training center, which will house 18 flight simulator bays, associated offices and ancillary areas. The training portion of the structure will be constructed out of a special hardened building that can withstand 210 mile winds as it must remain operational every day of the year in all weather conditions. Also included in the project is a 1,900-car parking garage and surface parking that together will provide for a total of 2,500 cars, as well as additional site work and construction of pedestrian bridges.

“We are thrilled that Southwest Airlines chose McCarthy to build this new addition to their headquarters campus,” said Ray Sedey, McCarthy Texas regional president. “Due to our experience in building cutting edge corporate headquarters and training centers for top companies, as well as many airport projects, we know how to approach this project to get it done on time and within budget.”

Southwest’s corporate campus is adjacent to Love Field Airport. The project architect is BOKA Powell and the landscape architect/civil engineer is Pacheco Koch. Reed Wells Benson is the mechanical and electrical engineer and L.A. Fuess Partners and Ponce-Fuess are providing structural engineer services on the project. The project will commence in June and is expected to be completed early 2018.

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